in any case

1. 1.

   used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

   “Anyhow, he is dead now”

   “I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet”

   “I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone”

   “anyway, there is another factor to consider”

   “I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle”

   “in any event, the government faced a serious protest”

   “but at any rate he got a knighthood for it”

   Synonymsanyhowanywayanywaysat any ratein any event
2. 2.

   making an additional point; anyway

   “I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it”

   “she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her”

   Synonymsbesides

Questions about in any case

What does in any case mean?

in any case means "used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for in any case?

Close synonyms include anyhow, anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any event. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in any case a common word?

in any case is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.